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Johann Sebastian Staedtler 🇨🇦 @bigraccoon.ca · 11h

I went through the procedure of cleaning all the surfaces, applying the new gasket, removing all the protective plastic film, and smooshing things back together. Once again, the phone could power on and operate as expected. At this point it's lying flat with many books atop it, to evenly seal […]

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Johann Sebastian Staedtler 🇨🇦 @bigraccoon.ca · 11h

I still possessed the first cracked phone, so I did the repair on it. The screen is held on with both clips *and* an adhesive rubber gasket, and removal is a pain. iFixit gives details on how to apply heat and slowly lift specific sections in a specific order... but I wasn't careful enough, and […]

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Johann Sebastian Staedtler 🇨🇦 @bigraccoon.ca · 11h

The question came to mind: should I be upgrading at this point? A newer Pixel would cost more... but what if I just bought a replacement screen and fixed it myself? There are *compatible* ones on Amazon and such that were affordable, but no idea how well they would look or work. Then I learned […]

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Johann Sebastian Staedtler 🇨🇦 @bigraccoon.ca · 11h

Well guess what I dropped the phone *again*. Flat on its back this time. This caused the layer separation in the screen to *extend further*, three quarters of the way down the right side. It looks like the opaque black ink had dribbled downward, covering a few millimeters of screen.

(I'll state […]

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Johann Sebastian Staedtler 🇨🇦 @bigraccoon.ca · 11h

I got to thinking: can I, like, *shrink* the visible area of the screen? The selfie camera is in a hole punched out of the top of the screen, and it's not hard to make the top of the display start *below* the camera instead of above it, but that still left lots of dead screen.

Turns out there's […]

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Johann Sebastian Staedtler 🇨🇦 @bigraccoon.ca · 11h

My second second-hand Pixel 7 Pro—I'm using it right now to post this toot—worked great, until I (go on, guess) dropped it. It landed on its top right corner, which managed to separate a layer of the screen, rendering the pixels in that area completely dead. This made a black splotch in the […]

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Johann Sebastian Staedtler 🇨🇦 @bigraccoon.ca · 11h

The story so far: I had a Pixel 7 Pro phone, purchased second-hand. Loved it. But dropped it one day, and the screen cracked: a straight horizontal line right across the centre. The top half of the screen was fine, but the bottom half flickered like crazy (sometimes going dark completely for a […]

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quietaria @quietaria.retro.pizza.ap.brid.gy · 23h

Day 9: Mari sitting comfy with a book :D

#grandchase

An alcohol marker drawing of a girl with long hair, a bow, and glasses sitting in a comfortable position with one leg under the other. She is thumbing through the pages of a book. She is wearing a shirt, pleated skirt, tights, and has a lab coat draped over her shoulders

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Jarrrd @itsjarrrd.bsky.social · Jul 12

Her Warm Embrace ❤️💚

#xenobladechronicles #XenobladeChronicles2 #fanart

A drawing of Pyra and Mythra from Xenoblade 2. Pyra is embracing Mythra, as Mythra holds up their own core crystal shining from above. The background is a darker gradient with a serene blue overhead. This drawing is a reference to special artwork of Shion Uzuki and KOS-MOS from Xenosaga Episode I - Der Wille zur Macht of Shion embracing KOS-MOS.

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sodiboo 🔜 Internyet @sodiboo.gaysex.cloud · 1d

Technology used to be cool, but now it's owned by the worst, most moneysick humans on the planet.

But there are transsexual furry hackers out there, still fighting the good fight

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Johann Sebastian Staedtler 🇨🇦 @bigraccoon.ca · 1d

@Runner I had to look that up just now, but... that looks pretty damn cool 👀

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Johann Sebastian Staedtler 🇨🇦 @bigraccoon.ca · 1d

[MH, socializing and friends 3]

And again, I'm still learning. It seems that this shit is something one needs to practice to get better at. So... I'm hopeful and optimistic, but I still have to sit and stew alone in the meantime

Johann Sebastian Staedtler 🇨🇦 @bigraccoon.ca · 1d

[MH, socializing and friends 2]

At this point, if I'm invited to literally anything at all, I jump at the chance. In the past I was tired and wary of unfamiliar places and activities, but now? lol, doesn't matter how nervous I may be, if someone wants me to be there with them.

Surely that […]

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Johann Sebastian Staedtler 🇨🇦 @bigraccoon.ca · 1d

[MH, socializing and friends]

I'm going through a bizarre phase right now, in which I'm learning how to socialize the way I ought to have learned when I was much younger. Or I did once, but lost it due to disuse over a decade or two.

So far, I can put myself into social settings among new […]

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Johann Sebastian Staedtler 🇨🇦 @bigraccoon.ca · 1d

How the heck does stuff keep happening at the same time as things keep changing? I am simply not equipped to handle all this

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Jenn / CaptainHanyuu 💖✨ -> POLARIS 2025 @captainhanyuu.art · 1d

Another Shikishi! My first ever Fanart one hehe

I really freestyled this one. Usually I plan my Shikishis out first but here I just went "fuck it we ball" lmao
#Higurashi #ひぐらしFA #Posca

A Japanese shikishi painted with Posca and Arrtx acrylic markers. Visible is Ryuugu Rena from Higurashi no Naku Koro ni.

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Johann Sebastian Staedtler 🇨🇦 @bigraccoon.ca · 1d

Twice now today, I have clicked the "unsubscribe" link in an email, which led to a broken web site (HPE and Crunchyroll).

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Eponymic Cradle @eopoint.com · 3d

I started a new page cataloging the cool independent online stores I've discovered and not gonna lie I wish they had nice link banners or buttons I could use because regular text isn't cutting it.

https://www.encyclopedia.lol/Articles/SmallIndependentOnlineSellers

Small Independent Online Sellers

Somebody thinks you don't know enough about this topic. Prove them wrong! \nKeep commerce on the Open Web alive

www.encyclopedia.lol

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Johann Sebastian Staedtler 🇨🇦 @bigraccoon.ca · 4d

Having to skip a few CuteGirltober days... but tonight was the bi-weekly drawing meetup in Toronto. The theme was to create an autumn monster, and I'm thinking... maybe a fae creature? Like kinda dark, cunning, subtly menacing— aaaaaand dangit it just turned out […]

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A pencil drawing of a fairy-type being, resembling a young woman with a long mess of stringy hair, caught up in a pair of tree branches emerging from her head like antlers. She has large insectoid wings on her back, which resemble decayed leaves of which only the veins remain. She's wearing nothing for clothing, except for scattered leaves covering her bust and lower body. She's seated on the ground, her legs crossed and knees up in front of her, with her head tilting to one side as she looks at the viewer with a suspicious little grin.

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Johann Sebastian Staedtler 🇨🇦 @bigraccoon.ca · 3d

@gnomon Aw man, my Friday is spoken for 😔 (but this reminds me to finally watch the existing Tron movies sooner than later)

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quietaria @quietaria.retro.pizza.ap.brid.gy · 3d

Day 6: Amy, in idol mode :D

(Skipping ronan so I can draw him on his birthday x3)

#grandchase

An alcohol drawing of a girl flashing peace signs with both hands while smiling brightly. Her hair is tied up into a side ponytail with cat baubles. She is wearing a choker with a heart dangling from the center, a crop top with a zipper down the middle, belted suspenders, and a miniskirt with spats underneath it.

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sam henri gold @samhenrigold.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 4d

hey wanna see something kinda interesting? this was the entire fix to the iPhone Antennagate in 2010. 20 bytes.

(this is going to be a very long thread 🧵)

Assembly code between iOS 4.0 and 4.0.1. It's basically the same except one instruction points to a different address.

A lookup table tweaked between 4.0 and 4.0.1.

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Johann Sebastian Staedtler 🇨🇦 @bigraccoon.ca · 4d

Having to skip a few CuteGirltober days... but tonight was the bi-weekly drawing meetup in Toronto. The theme was to create an autumn monster, and I'm thinking... maybe a fae creature? Like kinda dark, cunning, subtly menacing— aaaaaand dangit it just turned out […]

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quietaria @quietaria.retro.pizza.ap.brid.gy · 7d

Day 3: Arme- candy alchemist!

#grandchase

An alcohol marker drawing of a girl holding an alchemist's pot with candy magically bursting out of it to her chest. She is winking happily and her hair is tied in two chunky braids. She is wearing an alchemist's uniform consisting of a jacket over puffy shorts.

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Johann Sebastian Staedtler 🇨🇦 @bigraccoon.ca · 5d

#CuteGirltober Day 5: Grunge

(Eep, falling behind 🥲)

...Okay, I'm kinda liking this look for Ceilidh

#cutegirltober2025 #oceilidhtober #art #MastoArt #illustration #JSSArt #JSSCeilidh

A drawing of my original character Ceilidh, a young woman with long hair that's somewhat disheveled and falling in her face. She's standing slouched, with a skateboard hanging from one hand. She's wearing a red plaid unbuttoned shirt over a T-shirt, baggy jeans with some tears in them, large boots, and some prominent headphones hanging from her neck. Her expression is one of tired annoyance.

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